Boris Johnson’s biography is out soon. Check out the real story in The Little Black Book of Lying Boris Johnson – Byline Times Shop 10% discount in August. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/the-li…

Don’t fancy this weirdo’s chances in court with his latest bit of exhibitionism

Starmer to visit White House next Friday. Second meet since Starmer won election in July.

Some weekend listening as ⁦Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧⁩ ⁦Miranda Green⁩ ⁦Iain Martin⁩ and I delve deep from our different perspectives on the wider lessons from Grenfell and the state of the Tory party: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/not…

Revealed: Police Forces Subject to Record Misconduct Complaints Amid Officer Abuse Scandals – Andrew Kersley Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2023/10/09/pol…

FT Legends on stage together 😊 Gillian Tett roula khalaf Martin Wolf Jemima Kelly Stephen Bush & my fave journo robert shrimsley First question they ask and will discuss is a bit of a surprise “what shall we do about Elon Musk”

How many of you think Elon Musk is a problem? asks roula khalaf at #ftweekendfestival's live editorial debate with Martin Wolf, Gillian Tett, Robert Shrimsley, Stephen Bush and Jemima Kelly. Almost the entire audience raise their hands ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/home

Any suggestion that Birmingham's art should be sold to help the city council balance its books is for the birds. Arts & Culture is the lifeblood of Brum and the wider West Midlands. The sector needs protecting and growing, not sabotaging.

Terrific read by Luke McGee for The New European - Think Without Borders

Hello friends, just wanted to send ya good vibes 😎. Today, many of us (all faiths & none) celebrate the Hindu deity Ganesha, sometimes described as ‘God of the Common People’. The ancient iconography of the elephant-headed Ganesha is deeply meaningful. Broadly speaking, he 1/

Idris Elba writes for the FT today on Africa's film industry ...

"i think what you're picking up on is a course correction. for the past 14 years we've had an ideological experiment of pulling back the borders of the state". Interesting Wes Streeting interview by robert shrimsley at @FTweekend fest..

🔴The evacuation of Pokrovsk🔴 Paul Conroy of @ReflexTV with a compelling account of Ukrainians defending this large town in the east as the Russian artillery gets closer and missile attacks increase

The NHS is broken, and it was the Conservatives who broke it. Only Labour can reform the NHS. We’re working night and day to turn it around, so it can be there for us when we need it, once again.

In his first major interview in Number 10 Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the Conservatives “broke" the NHS ahead of a government review of the service He’s absolutely right.

A failure to regulate the scope of scopes

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A bit emotional today as I said goodbye to Derby colleagues (I still have three more shifts but these things are a bit asynchronous). These guys have been so kind and supportive over the past decade. We lived and worked through a pandemic together. That’s for life.